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SkipperLiner builds great boats.

And, great businesses.

If you're in the market for a commercial boat, you should be talking to SkipperLiner.

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Service Marine: Getting A Jump On

Demand

The riverboat casino market has been extremely important to Ser- vice Marine Industries, Inc. in both sales and the expansion of its facili- ties to meet the demand of the mar- ket.

Since starting in the casino riverboat market, Service Marine has been successful in contracting for the majority of the dockside casi- nos now in the state of Mississippi and for seven riverboat casino ves- sels for major customers in Louisi- ana, Missouri and Illinois. Since 1992, Service Marine's business has increased more than 400 percent in gross sales and manpower levels have increased from 125 to more than 700.

Service Marine has been success- ful in building the majority of the casino riverboats for Harrah's Ca- sino, and is currently building for

Boyd Gaming, Casino America, Im- perial Palace, and The Grand

Casino. Service Marine recently delivered the Southern Star to

Harrah's in Joliet, 111., and deliv- ered theShreveport Rose to Harrah's in Shreveport, La. on Feb. 10,1994.

Service Marine Industries has expanded to two shipyards in the

Morgan City, La. area with a major- ity of the construction being done at the main yard and the outfitting of the casino riverboats being done at the new west yard facility. In addi- tion, Service Marine has moved the majority of its administrative op- erations to a new administrative office building located on U.S. High- way 90 East in Morgan City, La.

The facility was recently opened to accommodate the expanding admin- istrative work force necessary for the overall growth requirements of

Service Marine and its customer base. Service Marine is one of the major suppliers of casino riverboats in the U.S.

In addition, Service Marine has recently started another of its stan- dard 254-foot (77.4-m) diesel elec- tric, 30,000 sq.-ft. casino boats on speculation using its own resources, on the basis that with the current level of activity in the casino mar- ketplace, this vessel will be pur- chased by one of Service's clients within the near future.

Please visit Service Marine at

Booth 536.

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Marine,

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SkipperLiner:

Offering Many

Designs From

Which To Choose

The nostalgic paddlewheeler with its turn-of-the-century interior and exterior is ideally suited to the gam- ing/excursion business, blendingthe timeless splendor of brass, fine wood finishing and exquisite style into a fun and rewarding business oppor- tunity. SkipperLiner has a series of designs to choose from, drawn from 22 years of continual research, de- velopment and refinement.

SkipperLiner also makes excursion vessels of a more modern design, such as the 80-ft. (24.4-m) 1993 de- livery, Island Girl VI. In addition to inherent engineered quality,

SkipperLiner customers are given the opportunity to custom design the total vessel to their exact speci- fications.

A skilled and conscientious team of designers, welders, carpenters and service technicians will provide a vessel unmatched in terms of de- sign, quality, performance and value. An example of SkipperLiner's building capabilities is exhibited in the M/S Dixie, and an example of the customer satisfaction common to SkipperLiner customers is the fact that SkipperLiner is now build- ing the 140-ft. (42.7-m) MJSDixiell.

Please visit SkipperLiner at Booth 1159.

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SkipperLiner,

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DeJong & Lebet: A History Of

Innovative, Money-Saving Designs

DeJong & Lebet, Inc. has served the marine industry since 1968. The company's versatility is well-dem- onstrated by the hundreds of tugs, fishing vessels, excursion/dinner cruise, ferries and gaming vessels that have been constructed from D & L, Inc. designs over the past 26 years.The 12-person company is fully computerized, using AutoCAD 12. Presently under construction and on the board are three dinner cruise vessels, one theater/dinner vessel and seven gaming projects up to 610 ft. (186 m) in length. D & L,

Inc. is known for innovative and money-saving designs, as well as for its excellence in marine HVAC, sta- bility, tonnage and ability to keep its customers operating in the black.

For more information on DeJong &

Lebet,

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Whether you're adding a new ship to your existing fleet, or going into business for the first time, talk with us at SkipperLiner. We understand as much about building and navigating businesses, as we do about building and navigating boats. Because we're operators ourselves. We even provide "turn-key" operation service, including business plan development, sales plans, training, and financing.

Our superior workmanship, 100 commitment to quality, and attitude toward service, both before and after your boat has been delivered, have made us the largest U.S. builder of custom cruise ships in our class. 400

It's easy to see why over 50% of the boats we build are for repeat customers; and, why SkipperLiner resale values are always among the strongest in our industry.

So if you're in the market for a commercial vessel, talk with us at SkipperLiner. Since 1971 we've built great boats.

We're competitively priced, with production that's on time. We can manufacture commercial boats in as little as 10 weeks and deliver them to destinations worldwide. We're experienced » builders of all types of commercial vessels jJ including floating offices, water taxis, and pleasure yachts—in addition to those shown here.

And, great businesses.

See us at Booth #1159

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